Promote Now that you have your site all ready, millions of people will visit and you'll be rich overnight. Wrong again. If you build it, they will NOT come. In fact, not only will they not come, it sometimes seems like they go out of there way to stay away. Getting people to your website can be most stressful, time-consuming, money-eating part of owning a website. But it doesn't have to break you. There are two ways to get people to your site. 1) Pay a load of money out to blast announcements all over place 2) Spend time to promote it yourself in free and almost-free ways. It always amazes me that someone will pay $10,000 to have a website built for them when they can have one made for so much less (or make it themselves) and then spend that money on advertising. That is where your budget should be. Now I am not saying skimp and have a terrible site made. There IS a happy medium where you can have a professional, functional website without breaking bank. So what are these free and almost-free ways to promote?

Post on message boards. There is this one particular message board I am on all time. I just answer questions and use my website link in my signature line and you wouldn't believe how much business I get from doing that. I posted a message almost a year ago with my opinion on a particular online program that is popular and I STILL get emails to this day asking me more and they usually end up buying something from me. Search on Google (http://www.google.com) for Message Boards along topic of your website. For instance, if my website is about helping people work from home, I will look for message boards that have to do with "work from home moms".

Become an eBay seller. It doesn't matter what you sell on eBay, you can use your listings as a traffic driving tool. What you do is create a custom 'About Me' page on eBay account. They give this page for free with every account. Then in every listing, place big links getting people to visit your 'About Me' page which will contain links to your website(s). My server logs show that largest amount of traffic I receive to my website is through my 'About Me' page. If there is a month when I post just a few auctions, then I can guarantee you my websites sales are way down.

Open an eBay account http://www.ebay.com

Help with About Me Page http://www.AboutMyAuctions.com

Listing Code Generator http://www.successfulwahm.com/sw/html-generator/about-me.asp

Look for websites and newsletters that compliment your website and offer to trade links or articles. Browse Newsletters here: http://pertinent.com/newsletters/

Write articles yourself and submit them to appropriate websites. These websites offer articles written by members that visitors can read and more importantly, they can place these articles on their own website and newsletters which is circulated throughout web. So your article (with your name and web address) is seen by thousands. Browse Articles and Submit your own here: http://www.goarticles.com

Write eBooks and do same as above. Here is a search on Google for "Submit Your eBook". http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&newwindow=1&safe=active&q=%22submit+your+eBook Go through websites and submit your free eBook everywhere that will take it. Freebie mentioned above: Extreme eBook Creations http://www.cidicon.com/mydigitalproducts/ebookcreator/retrieve-products.htm

Offer freebies on your site in exchange for persons name and email address. It's very important to get a subscriber list going. You don't want to keep trying to get new customers everyday forever. If you come out with a new product, you will have your current customers to offer product to first. What freebies should you offer? An eBook, a report, really anything that may be of interest to types of visitors you receive.

Free Subscriber List http://www.GetResponse.com/index/66513

Products you can use for freebies http://www.MyDigitalProducts.com

Google AdWords. You apply for an account and then create little ads that appear to right of Google Search results and on other people's websites that use keywords you choose. You determine how much you will pay per click and what your monthly budget will be so you are always in control of how much money you are spending on this advertising. Google AdWords http://www.google.com/adwords

There are a few more things you can do to generate income from your websites. Google Ad Sense. You apply for an account and if they accept you (they DO turn people down), you can place some code on your website so that Google Ads will appear on your site. When your website visitors click these ads, you get money for every click. Due to terms of agreement for their program, I cannot discuss how much I make from their ads, but I will tell you it's more than I thought I would and I am pleasantly surprised and happy every day. Google AdSense https://www.google.com/adsense

Place ads in your local newspaper about your product with your website address

Get free business cards from Vista Print and leave them around town. I place one of these in every single package I ship out for things I sell on eBay. I also ordered mailing labels but with just my business name and website address on them and I use them to close envelopes that I mail out. http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=26298982&siteid=40122106&bfpage=text_link_5

If you're really in shape and have stamina, create advertising doorknob hangers on your computer and walk around, hanging them on doorknobs. http://www.aimforlove.com/shp/doorknob_hanger_example.htm

What is your site about? What is your product? You could probably convince stores to let you leave brochures or flyers about. For example, I began a secretarial service many years ago. I was allowed to leave my brochures on counter of a computer repair shop. I received many customers this way and to this very day, I still have 2 great clients for who I perform secretarial duties from my home. The income from those 2 clients alone is enough to make me happy to stay home.

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Natalie Williams is a full time work from home mom that centers her business around helping other people, especially moms, work from home successfully and without being scammed. Her main websites can be found at http://www.SmallHostingPlans.com and http://www.GettingStartedOnline.com nwilliams@cidicon.com

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